Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Illud quod alteri unitur extinguitur, neque amplius per se vacare licet.

That which is united to another is extinguished, nor can it again be detached.

Multa transeunt cum universitate quae non per se transeunt

Many things pass with the whole that would not pass separately.

Nemo potest facere per alium quod per se non potest

No one can do through another what he cannot do by himself.

Quamvis aliquid per se non sit malum, tamen si sit mali exempli, non est faciendum

Although in itself a thing may not be bad, yet if it serves as a bad example, it is not to be done.

Quando aliquid per se non sit malum, tamen si sit mali exempli, non est faciendum

When anything by itself is not evil, and yet if it is an example for evil, it is not to be done.

Qui facit per alium facit per se

A person who acts through another acts himself.( The acts of an agent are considered the acts of the principal.

Qui per alium facit per seipsum facere videtur

A person who does anything through another is considered as doing it himself.

Semper sexus masculinus etiam faemininum continet

The masculine gender always includes the feminine as well. Dig. 32.63.

Sola ac per se senectus donationem, testamentum aut transactionem non vitiat

Old age does not alone and of itself vitiate gift, will or transaction.

a;lander per se

Slander for which special amages need not be proved because it imputes to the plaintiff any one of the following: 1 1.) a crime involving moral turpitude, (2) a loathsome disease (such as a sexually transmitted disease), (3) conduct that would adversely affect one's business or profession, or 4) unchastity (esp. of a woman). slanderer, n. One who commits slander

arresting the suspect. ( Such testimony may be given when an arrest has been made without probable cause, as when illegal substances have been found through an improper search. expert testimony

See expert evidence under EVIDENCE.

contraband per se

Property whose possession is unlawful regardless of how it is used. Cf. derivative contraband.

deadly weapon per se

See WEAPON.

defamation per se

A statement that is defamatory in and of itself and is not capable of an innocent meaning.

illegal per se

Unlawful in and of itself.

libel per se

See LIBEL.

negligence per se.

Negligence established as a matter of law, so that breach of the duty is not a jury question. ( Negligence per se usu. arises from a statutory violation. - Also termed legal negligence.

nuisance per se

See NUISANCE.

per se

adv. & adj. [Latin] 1. Of, in, or by itself; standing alone, without reference to additional facts. See libel per se under LIBEL. 2. As a matter of law.

per se deadly weapon

See deadly weapon per se under WEAPON.

per se rule

Antitrust. The judicial principle that a trade practice violates the Sherman Act simply if the practice is a restraint of trade, regardless of whether it actually harms anyone. See SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT. Cf. RULE OF REASON.

per se violation

Antitrust. A trade practice (such as price-fixing) that is considered inherently anticompetitive and injurious to the public without any need to determine whether it has actually injured market competition.

slander per se

See SLANDER.